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38 DARKE DARRELL. CHAPTER VI. MRS. DARRELL’S GOOD FORTUNE. Mr. Marks was walking briskly along Fayette street, when his attention was attracted by a crowd about the office of the Hvening Clipper. He also observed knots of people on the opposite side, and on the corners of the street, gravely discussing some excit- ing news. He glanced at the bulletin board, and read, in glaring letters: FRIGHTFUL RAILROAD ACCIDENT! THE MoRNING EXPRESS A COMPLETE WRECK! Twenty Persons Killed! TWENTY More Horripty MANGLED ! ETC., ETC:; ETC. Newsboys rushed out of the office with papers damp from the press. Mr. Marks bought a copy, and read the account of the accident. ‘I'he names of the killed and wounded were promised in the next edition. ‘Darke Darrell was in the express train,” Mr. Marks thought, as he hurried to his office. ‘‘I hope he has not met with any harm, for he was a boy of much promise.” When he reached the office, his mind was very much re- lieved, for there he found a dispatch from Master Darke, which read as follows: ‘Alive and kicking. Let mother know. Was thrown from one train across another. Will write by next mail. ‘DS in An hour later Mrs. Darrell came into the office, a look of Eomicbooks.co